January 2011
55 posts
I feel the need, the need to substitute scenes... →
Logos gone horribly wrong →
This link contains irrefutable justification for every creative team hiring a 14-year-old boy. If he giggles at your new creative, find out why before you launch it.
WatchAw, Johnny Thumbs, Kevin Smith started his career by being over the movie industry. Don’t hate on him for that.
But seriously, the best part about that video? It was about 2m15s of solid profanity that was prefaced by…an Olive Garden commercial. Oh internet, I love you.
hugel:
This guy should no longer be identified in anyway as a voice of independent film. This video is just for...
Ugh
I really need to find a few hours and actually put some design skillz in my tumblr page.
How novels came to terms with the internet →
Halfway through reading.
It's not the weekend if...
You’re wearing pants.
15 Years
Know whats awesome about having been on the internet the entire time? I mean, the entire time the tcp/ip public commercial internet has existed, I’ve been here. And I was on dail-up BBSes before that. But that’s not the awesome bit.
No, the awesome bit is, I can get all curmudgeon-y and say things like, “No, I won’t get an instagram account. If I want to run photos from...
Fox shoots hunter...and gets away with it, too. →
Artist’s rendering of the fox in question.
You know, if this happened more often, I could probably get into hunting.
Daytime TV is awful
James Blunt: "I normally date drunk girls".
Kathie Lee Gifford: "YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE".
The Murray Chronicles: The Give Colleen Famous... →
I approve of this message.
murraychronicles:
Okay, yeah it’s been a while since I posted here, but I blame Tumblr for that, as pretty much every time I tried to log on, Tumblr was out to lunch.
Long story short: Radiation. Chemo. Totally fucking bald. Hilarity ensues!
And then some friends on Twitter (I’m looking at you, Bradley, Kat…
In a capitalist society, any purchase you make is... →
jennirl:
Nick Harkaway, Notes from: Culture Hack Day
tpdsaa:
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Happens every time…
Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a... →
I am a reformed two-spacer
We'll Call it Awesome
Picture this.
Rugby, but on horses. Or kangaroos if you’re playing Aussie rules.
I need a name. I also need photoshop of the above sport.
Next week, we’ll be picking teams.
WatchThe Escapist started this series (The Big Picture) and its examination of nerdery is right up my alley.
However, the takeaway from this video is very easy - people who were sports jerseys are nothing but Sports CosPlayers. Yeah, mull that one over.
WatchYou know, I didn’t love the ending.
fountainbookstore:
Did you read it? Did you read it? -Heather
Factiness, I Hate It
Know what I hate? When people don’t understand statistical relevance. Twitter has been blowing up with the CNN non-story about how 49 states currently have snow on the ground.
Non-story? You bet your ass. Why? Because the number is completely without reference as to why it is important.
This headline has as much impact as “On Christmas day, Amazon sold more Kindle books than...
Previously Undiscovered Portrait of Mark Twain! →
Yeah, that’s about how I remember him.
bookladysblog:
Couldn’t pass it up.
i have FOUR questions for folks who read e-books. →
A fairly painless quiz.
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“Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...”
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time. (via johnaugust)
Bradley - And that’s why I don’t have a Facebook account.
I should just get a puppy
INT - Brad's Apartment - Night
The apartment is dark as Bradley trundles up the stairs, depositing bag, coat, gloves and scarf in a strangely methodical haphazard manner. Tossing his cigarettes onto the desk, our hero sits to continue the work he didn't finish at the office. Flicking his trackball, he wakes his computer up.
Computer: Hey, you're home. Good day at work?
Bradley: Decent. Did you get the documents I tossed into Dropbox?
Computer: No...should I have?
Bradley: Well...yeah, I mean, that's kind of the whole point of Dropbox, isn't it? I put shit in, you magically copy shit out? We've been over this before, computer.
Computer: Yeah, I know. Dropbox is import. 'To the Cloud' and all that nonsense.
Bradley: You're not telling me something...
Computer: Are you planning to keep on doing what you were doing at work?
Bradley: Yeah, I've got to finish this proposal and get it to the client in the morning- Wait, why are you using that tone?
Computer: What tone?
Bradley: Dude...
Computer: Oh, it's just that a bunch of stuff was updated today. New Generic Linux headers. And our email client -
Bradley: Our?
Computer: And even CUPS updated! New printing commands!
Bradley: So, basically yours saying that I should just do something else for a while? Tell me, computer, why didn't you download and install all of that stuff while I was at work?
Computer: I needed your password.
Bradley: I give you my password every day! Multiple times a day.
Computer: Yeah, but you also pay me to forget. Do you really want an internet history that lasts forever?
Bradley: Point, computer. Well, I guess I've got a bottle of wine around here somewhere.
Drinking Game
Here’s a fun drinking game, take any isolated fact from this page, add “Well, actually” to the beginning, and see if you don’t get punched.
If you don’t get punched, you get to drink.